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SAVE THE DATE! Roberto Maestas to be honored during Beacon Rocks! August 28th
Lander Festival Street - looking west towards 16th Ave S
Back in January, SDOT staff attended the North Beacon Hill Council meeting to talk about a proposal to rename Lander Festival Street to Roberto Maestas Festival Street. The NBHC approved the change and asked for SDOT to make it a formal, permanent change, rather than an “honorary” naming, as originally proposed.
On April 25th, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed the naming of S Lander Street between 16th Ave S and 17th Ave S to S Roberto Maestas Festival Street. This is a special way for the city and his “beloved community” to pay tribute to Mr. Maestas, one of the founders of El Centro de la Raza, who was instrumental in the race and social movement in the Seattle area and beyond.
Lander Street Festival, El Centro de la Raza building on the left
The unveiling of the newly named street is scheduled for August 28th during the Beacon Rocks!Celebration taking place from 1 – 5 p.m. El Centro de la Raza is working with local Seattle artists to add Latino flavor to the festivities. The Mariachi Seattle Azteca and Seattle Fandango Project will be performing.
Lander Festival Street and plaza north of the Beacon Hill Sound Transit station
Posted: June 21st, 2011 under SDOT.
Thank you SDOT for taking this important step to honor our Latino Community Hero by dedicating a street near EL Centro, the organization he founded, in his name as a way to acknowledge, recognize and remember his tremendous leadership in his effort to build multiracial unity toward the creation of that “beloved commumnity”. His demonstrated commitment to dismantle institutional racism and advocate for hiuman rights and race and social justice for all was beyond reproach! The love he carried in his heart for “the people”……including “our children”, will be something I will always remember him for! I miss you, Roberto!